Exodus 5:16 meaning and explanation
No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
Exodus 5:16, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the words of Israelite foremen, set over the people by Pharaoh's taskmasters, appealing to Pharaoh after being beaten for falling short. Their complaint is concrete: no straw has been supplied, yet the same daily quota of bricks is demanded.
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